Asian Shares Mixed After Fed Rate Hike

(RTTNews) - Asian stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with Chinese and Hong Kong markets falling ahead of high-level U.S.-China talks scheduled for this weekend. U.S. Treasury Secretary said the United States is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks. The U.S. dollar index weakened after hitting a fresh seven-week high earlier as the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in three years and signaled more increases to curb persistent inflation. Treasury yields also edged lower, helping gold prices surge more than 1 percent above $4,300 an ounce. Brent crude futures fell nearly 2 percent toward $104 a barrel in Asian trade after reports suggested that U.S.